ADoor vs Dropbox
Dropbox stores your files, keeps them in sync across devices and lets you share them. ADoor, your data account, keeps the records your team works from, such as deals, customers, suppliers and incidents, so people, apps and assistants like ChatGPT all read and change the same entries.
Where ADoor stands out
Lists and tables, in the shape you need
Ask an assistant like ChatGPT to start a list of suppliers and what each one costs, and ADoor creates it with those fields. A sales pipeline or your own reading list, it's kept as records you can sort, count and query. Dropbox stores files and folders.
Access to one field, or to matching entries
Dropbox shares files and folders, with granular permissions on Standard and Advanced. In ADoor you can give an assistant the Deals list without the Notes field, or let a script add entries but never delete them. An assistant never gets more than the person who connected it.
Assistants change the records themselves
Ask an assistant like ChatGPT to add a renewal date to every deal, and it adds the field and fills it in. In Dropbox, ChatGPT finds, summarizes and organizes files, creates shared links and restores files.
The products
Dropbox
Dropbox is file storage with sync, sharing, transfers and e-signatures, for one person or a team. Its ChatGPT plugin and MCP server let assistants work with your files, and Dropbox Dash searches content across your work apps from ChatGPT or Claude.
- Built for
- Storing, syncing and sharing files
- Assistants
- A ChatGPT plugin, an MCP server at mcp.dropbox.com/mcp, and Dash for ChatGPT and Claude. Each follows your existing Dropbox permissions.
- Version history
- 30 days on Plus, 180 days on Standard, 1 year on Advanced
- Plans
- Basic is free with 2 GB on up to three devices. Plus is $9.99 a month for 2,000 GB. Standard is $15 per user a month.
- Access
- Per file and folder. Granular permissions on Standard and Advanced.
ADoor
ADoor is your data account. You keep lists and tables in a workspace you own, personal or team: a reading list, an incident log, a list of customers. Describe what you want to keep track of and it's set up for you, with real Postgres underneath. Every person, app, assistant, device and job gets its own access.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP with a sign-in.
- Apps and scripts
- An HTTP API with keys, running the same actions assistants use
- Access
- Per space, list or field, or just the entries where a field equals a value you choose. Reading, adding, editing and deleting entries, and changing a list's fields, are separate permissions. An assistant never gets more than the person who connected it.
- Approvals
- Agents ask for more access and you approve or deny. A new device signs in only after you approve it and choose its access.
- CI jobs
- GitHub Actions signs in with short-lived access, 15 minutes by default and up to 30 days, with no stored secret.
- Revoking
- Takes effect on the next request. What was already saved stays.
- History
- A history of changes, with who made each one and the before and after
- Underneath
- Standard Postgres
- Plans
- Free for 3 tables and 100 rows. Pro is $10 a month per workspace, with 1 GB of storage.
Pricing
| Topic | ADoor | Dropbox |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 3 tables and 100 rows, with a few MB of storage | Basic: 2 GB |
| Paid plans | Pro: $10 a month per workspace, 1 GB of storage, no per-GB charges | Plus $9.99 a month for 2,000 GB. Standard $15 and Advanced $24 per user a month. |
Latency
| Topic | ADoor | Dropbox |
|---|---|---|
| Published figure | Not published | Not published |
Connectors and API
| Topic | ADoor | Dropbox |
|---|---|---|
| MCP server | Hosted, with OAuth sign-in. ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor. | Hosted at mcp.dropbox.com/mcp, with OAuth |
| HTTP API | HTTP API with keys: read, add, edit, delete, and change lists and fields | Read, write and share files and folders |
| SQL access | Standard Postgres SQL through MCP and the API, within your access | No |
| Access per agent | Its own access per assistant, app, device and job, down to specific fields, or just the entries that match a value you choose | Actions use your Dropbox account and what it can already reach |
| Approvals | Agents ask for more access, and you approve or deny. New devices sign in only after you approve them. | Device approvals on Standard and Advanced |
| OAuth or tokens | OAuth for assistants, keys for apps, short-lived sign-in for GitHub Actions | OAuth |
| SDKs | Coming soon | Swift, Objective-C, Python, .NET, Java and JavaScript |
| Webhooks | No | Yes, for file changes |
| Import and export | Export to CSV or JSON. Import by attaching CSV or JSON in an assistant. | Any file type, with desktop sync |
ADoor has no sync connectors and no file storage.
Which one should you use?
Use Dropbox when
your work lives in documents, photos, video and design files that people open, edit and send.
- Files on every device. Dropbox syncs files to every device you connect. ADoor stores no files.
- Sending and signing. Transfers up to 100 GB and e-signatures are built in.
- Search across your files. Full-text and image search, and Dash for content in your other work apps.
Use ADoor when
the thing you need to keep is a set of entries, from every customer your company has to every serial number in your house, and each person and assistant should see only their part.
Technical
- A support agent in production logs each conversation outcome to an Events list with an add-only key. It never sees the customer contracts sitting in Dropbox.
- A nightly GitHub Actions job writes backup results with 15 minutes of access and no stored secret.
Personal
- Warranties and serial numbers for everything you own, with purchase dates. The receipts stay in Dropbox, and ChatGPT tells you in seconds whether the dishwasher is still covered.
- Passports, visas and travel insurance with their expiry dates. You and your partner see the list. Nobody else does, and no assistant does until you connect one.
- Your wine cellar: what you have, where it is and when to open it. Add a bottle by telling Claude on your phone.
Team
- An incident log shared by engineering and support. The history shows who made each change and the before and after, and support can read but not edit.
- Field teams update visit reports from their phones. Each new device signs in only after you approve it.
Business
- A reading list shared view-only with a friend, while your assistant keeps adding to it.
- A contractor gets one list for the duration of a project. Revoke it, and every entry they added stays.
Questions people ask
Can ADoor store files?
No. ADoor keeps records. Keep your files in Dropbox, and keep what you track about them, like the owner, status or due date, in ADoor.
Can I bring a spreadsheet from Dropbox into ADoor?
Yes. Export it as CSV, attach it in ChatGPT and ask it to add what's inside. You can download anything you can see in ADoor as CSV or JSON.
Does ADoor sync with Dropbox?
No. ADoor doesn't sync with other services. Apps and assistants connect to ADoor directly, with their own access.
Can my team use both?
Yes. Keep documents in Dropbox and the lists you work from in ADoor. An assistant like ChatGPT can have both connected.
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Checked October 20, 2026, against Dropbox's public plans and help center. Sources: dropbox.com/plans, Dropbox Basic, device limit, Dropbox in ChatGPT, Dropbox MCP server, Dash in ChatGPT and Claude, Dropbox developer docs, Dropbox webhooks.